I
actually went to a neurologist a few months after Allie was born
because I thought I was losing brain function or suffering some kind of tumor or something. My husband was telling me about entire conversations we had, of which I had literally no memory.
The neurologist saw the spit-up on
my shoulder and asked if I had a baby. I nodded, and she burst into
peals of un-doctorlike laughter, and said I didn't need a brain scan. I just needed a couple nights of
uninterrupted sleep, and a WHOLE LOT LESS of the baby-feeding hormones.
Baby mush brain is not a medical diagnosis, but it sure is real.
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It's REAL! Check out this book that explains the physiological changes in a woman's brain during pregnancy and after. It's really cool, once you understand why you can no longer remember anything you used to know. http://www.powells.com/biblio/17-9780465019069-1
I still have baby brain five years later! I like to describe it as having the outline to a book, but never getting to read the whole story.
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